Products and Tips to Make Your Home (or the White House) Puppy-Friendly

Election Day Tuesday was exciting for many reasons, including that President-Elect Obama promised to get his daughters a puppy. A puppy in the White House: we can't wait! Our puppy turns one this Sunday, and we've made many changes to our apartment this year to accommodate him and us. Below are some puppy-friendly home decor products, tips, and DC resources for the Obama girls and other soon-to-be puppy owners...

- Declutter and Reorganize: Move breakable objects off the floor and onto high shelves. Find places in cupboards or closed storage for all medication and bottles with potentially toxic substances. Puppies can chew through bottles that are "child-proof."

- Puppy-Proofing: Puppy-proof your home in the way that expecting parents baby-proof their homes, for example, with walk-through gates.